Which statement best exemplifies a client's understanding of rehabilitation after a full-thickness burn injury?
a. "I am fully recovered when all the wounds are closed."
b. "I will eventually be able to perform all my former activities."
c. "My goal is to achieve the highest level of functioning that I can."
d. "Full recovery from a major burn injury never occurs."
C
Although a return to preburn functional levels is rarely possible, burned clients are considered fully recovered or rehabilitated when they have achieved their highest possible level of physical, social, and emotional functioning. The technical rehabilitative phase of rehabilitation begins with wound closure and ends when the client returns to her or his highest possible level of function-ing.
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